An Unfair Advantage?
If you think that attractive people have it easier then you are absolutely correct. Being attractive is an advantage that should not be taken lightly.
Research has proved that attractive people are perceived to be smarter, more successful, more dominant, more sociable, more trustworthy, more pleasant, and mentally more stable than less attractive people are.
It is said that a good-looking child gets more attention from his parents than his/her uglier siblings do. Scientists believe that parents unconsciously spend more time with their more attractive children because they are seen as better genetic material.
Teachers show preference to more attractive learners as they see them as more promising. Because they get more attention, they work a bit harder, and their work is graded a bit more lenient, they have a better chance of getting bursaries.
Attractive job applicants have a 30% higher callback rate for a second interview. Attractive employees are seen as more valuable as they are thought to project a more favorable image of the company. As such, they usually earn up to $5000 more P/A compared to their less attractive colleagues. So yes, it pays to be attractive.
When charged with a crime, an attractive accused is more likely to be perceived as not guilty. However, when found guilty of embezzlement, swindling, or fraud, attractive people are mostly punished more severely. Justice is not blind, merely biased.
But all in all, an outer appearance is but skin-deep and must perish at some stage while the inner beauty will prevail. If you are not attractive, do not despair for you are sure to have other assets to offset the unfair advantages of a pretty face.
A great day to all my friends (and everybody else) out there.
Comments (48)
Nawww!
I wouldn't give it a second thought to looking at it again. Your blog is a good one, it addresses a fault most of us have and we don't think about it till we get old. And then maybe we'll change.
Plastic Surgeons? I'm sure Michael Jackson would have been able to recommend one or two.
But why do the call them plastic surgeons? We are not made of plastic.
True, we all concur not to judge a book by the cover but we fall into the trap every time.
I was around only 10 days ago.
Deliverance? Yes, I remember the movie. I think I saw it in 1972/3. If my memory serves me right Burt Reynolds and John Voight acted in there.
Yes, that's the one...good old movie...when Burt still had hair!!...hope your good!
This was the time of the skinheads like Yul Brenner and Telly Savallas. Well, more or less.
Yes, quite so. I have never met or seen one but I suspect the same can be said about a gigolo.